Wireless communication method and device

ABSTRACT

Embodiments of this application provide a wireless communications method and device, to enable frequency hopping to adapt to flexible transmission of a 5G system. The method includes: determining, by a network device, one of a time interval threshold for performing frequency hopping by a terminal during transmission of a first signal, a basic parameter set used by the terminal to transmit the first signal, or a configuration of a slot or a mini slot; and sending, by the network device, first information according to at least one of the time interval threshold, the basic parameter set, or the configuration of the slot or mini slot, where the first information is used to instruct the terminal to perform or not to perform frequency hopping during transmission of the first signal.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This is a continuation application of International PCT Application No.PCT/CN2017/104781, having an international filing date of Sep. 30, 2017,the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND Technical Field

This application relates to the communications field, and morespecifically, to a wireless communications method and device.

Related Art

In a Long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system, a networkdevice performs frequency hopping when configuring that a terminalperforms physical uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel,PUSCH) transmission or sounding reference signal (Sounding ReferenceSignal, SRS) transmission, and the terminal performs frequency hoppingduring PUSCH or SRS transmission.

In a 5G system, communication transmission is highly flexible.

How to enable frequency hopping to adapt to flexible transmission of a5G system is a problem that urgently needs to be resolved.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of this application provide a wireless communications methodand device, to enable frequency hopping to adapt to flexibletransmission of a 5G system.

A first aspect provides a wireless communications method, including:

determining, by a network device, one of a time interval threshold forperforming frequency hopping by a terminal during transmission of afirst signal, a basic parameter set used by the terminal to transmit thefirst signal, or a configuration of a slot or a mini slot; and

sending, by the network device, first information according to at leastone of the time interval threshold, the basic parameter set, or theconfiguration of the slot or mini slot, where the first information isused to instruct the terminal to perform or not to perform frequencyhopping during transmission of the first signal.

Therefore, in this embodiment of this application, a network devicesends, according to one of a time interval threshold for performingfrequency hopping by a terminal during transmission of a first signal, abasic parameter set used by the terminal to transmit the first signal,or a configuration of a slot or a mini slot, first information forinstructing the terminal to perform or not to perform frequency hoppingduring transmission of the first signal, so that it may be chosen,according to a current communication scenario, to perform or not toperform frequency hopping, to enable a frequency hopping technology toadapt to flexible transmission of a 5G system.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation of thefirst aspect, the sending, by the network device, first informationaccording to at least one of the time interval threshold, the basicparameter set, or the configuration of the slot or mini slot includes:

sending the first information according to a subcarrier spacing and/or asymbol length included in the basic parameter set.

With reference to the first aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing, in another possible implementation of the first aspect, thesending the first information according to a subcarrier spacing and/or asymbol length included in the basic parameter set includes:

when the subcarrier spacing is greater than or equal to a firstthreshold and/or the symbol length is less than or equal to a secondthreshold, sending the first information, where the first information isused to instruct not to perform frequency hopping.

With reference to the first aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing, in another possible implementation of the first aspect, thesending the first information according to a subcarrier spacing and/or asymbol length included in the basic parameter set includes:

when the subcarrier spacing is less than a first threshold and/or thesymbol length is greater than a second threshold, sending the firstinformation, where the first information is used to instruct to performfrequency hopping.

With reference to the first aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing, in another possible implementation of the first aspect, thesending, by the network device, first information according to at leastone of the time interval threshold, the basic parameter set, or theconfiguration of the slot or mini slot includes:

when the length of the slot or mini slot is greater than or equal to athird threshold, sending the first information, where the firstinformation is used to instruct to perform frequency hopping.

With reference to the first aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing, in another possible implementation of the first aspect, thesending, by the network device, first information according to at leastone of the time interval threshold, the basic parameter set, or theconfiguration of the slot or mini slot includes:

when the length of the slot or mini slot is less than a third threshold,sending the first information, where the first information is used toinstruct not to perform frequency hopping.

With reference to the first aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing, in another possible implementation of the first aspect, thesending, by the network device, first information according to at leastone of the time interval threshold, the basic parameter set, or theconfiguration of the slot or mini slot includes:

when a first time length is less than or equal to the time intervalthreshold, sending the first information, where the first information isused to instruct not to perform frequency hopping, and the first timelength is a signal transmission time length before a frequency hoppingtime node or a signal transmission time length after a frequency hoppingtime node or a sum of signal transmission time lengths before and aftera frequency hopping time node.

With reference to the first aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing, in another possible implementation of the first aspect, thesending, by the network device, first information according to at leastone of the time interval threshold, the basic parameter set, or theconfiguration of the slot or mini slot includes:

when a first time length is greater than the time interval threshold,sending the first information, where the first information is used toinstruct to perform frequency hopping, and the first time length is asignal transmission time length before a frequency hopping time node ora signal transmission time length after a frequency hopping time node ora sum of signal transmission time lengths before and after a frequencyhopping time node.

With reference to the first aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing, in another possible implementation of the first aspect, thedetermining, by a network device, a time interval threshold forperforming frequency hopping by a terminal during transmission of afirst signal includes:

selecting, by the network device, the time interval threshold from atime interval threshold set.

With reference to the first aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing, in another possible implementation of the first aspect, theselecting, by the network device, the time interval threshold from atime interval threshold set includes:

selecting the time interval threshold from the time interval thresholdset according to the basic parameter set used by the terminal totransmit the first signal.

With reference to the first aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing, in another possible implementation of the first aspect, themethod further includes:

receiving, by the network device, second information sent by theterminal, where the second information is used to indicate the timeinterval threshold.

With reference to the first aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing, in another possible implementation of the first aspect, thefirst signal is a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH or a soundingreference signal SRS.

A second aspect provides a wireless communications method, including:

receiving, by a terminal, first information sent by a network device,where the first information is used to instruct the terminal to performfrequency hopping during transmission of a first signal; and

determining, by the terminal in response to the first information,whether to perform frequency hopping during transmission of the firstsignal.

Therefore, in this embodiment of this application, after receiving firstinformation that is sent by a network device and is used to instruct theterminal to perform frequency hopping during transmission of a firstsignal, a terminal may determine whether to perform frequency hoppingduring transmission of the first signal instead of being required toperform frequency hopping, so that it may be chosen, according to acurrent communication scenario, to perform or not to perform frequencyhopping, to enable a frequency hopping technology to adapt to flexibletransmission of a 5G system.

With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation of thesecond aspect, the determining, by the terminal, whether to performfrequency hopping during transmission of the first signal includes:

determining, by the terminal according to one of a time intervalthreshold for performing frequency hopping during transmission of thefirst signal, a basic parameter set used by the terminal to transmit thefirst signal, or a configuration of a slot or a mini slot, whether toperform frequency hopping during transmission of the first signal.

With reference to the second aspect or any possible implementation inthe foregoing of the second aspect, in another possible implementationof the second aspect, the determining, by the terminal according to oneof a time interval threshold for performing frequency hopping duringtransmission of the first signal, a basic parameter set used by theterminal to transmit the first signal, or a configuration of a slot or amini slot, whether to perform frequency hopping during transmission ofthe first signal includes:

determining, by the terminal according to a subcarrier spacing and/or asymbol length included in the basic parameter set, whether to performfrequency hopping during transmission of the first signal.

With reference to the second aspect or any possible implementation inthe foregoing of the second aspect, in another possible implementationof the second aspect, the determining, by the terminal according to asubcarrier spacing and/or a symbol length included in the basicparameter set, whether to perform frequency hopping during transmissionof the first signal includes:

when the subcarrier spacing is greater than or equal to a firstthreshold and/or the symbol length is less than or equal to a secondthreshold, determining, by the terminal, not to perform frequencyhopping during transmission of the first signal; or

when the subcarrier spacing is less than a first threshold and/or thesymbol length is greater than a second threshold, determining, by theterminal, to perform frequency hopping during transmission of the firstsignal.

With reference to the second aspect or any possible implementation inthe foregoing of the second aspect, in another possible implementationof the second aspect, the determining, by the terminal according to oneof a time interval threshold for performing frequency hopping duringtransmission of the first signal, a basic parameter set used by theterminal to transmit the first signal, or a configuration of a slot or amini slot, whether to perform frequency hopping during transmission ofthe first signal includes:

when the length of the slot or mini slot is greater than or equal to athird threshold, determining, by the terminal, to perform frequencyhopping during transmission of the first signal.

With reference to the second aspect or any possible implementation inthe foregoing of the second aspect, in another possible implementationof the second aspect, the determining, by the terminal according to oneof a time interval threshold for performing frequency hopping duringtransmission of the first signal, a basic parameter set used by theterminal to transmit the first signal, or a configuration of a slot or amini slot, whether to perform frequency hopping during transmission ofthe first signal includes:

when the length of the slot or mini slot is less than a third threshold,determining, by the terminal, not to perform frequency hopping duringtransmission of the first signal.

With reference to the second aspect or any possible implementation inthe foregoing of the second aspect, in another possible implementationof the second aspect, the determining, by the terminal according to oneof a time interval threshold for performing frequency hopping duringtransmission of the first signal, a basic parameter set used by theterminal to transmit the first signal, or a configuration of a slot or amini slot, whether to perform frequency hopping during transmission ofthe first signal includes:

when a first time length is less than or equal to the time intervalthreshold, determining, by the terminal, not to perform frequencyhopping during transmission of the first signal, where the first timelength is a signal transmission time length before a frequency hoppingtime node or a signal transmission time length after a frequency hoppingtime node or a sum of signal transmission time lengths before and aftera frequency hopping time node.

With reference to the second aspect or any possible implementation inthe foregoing of the second aspect, in another possible implementationof the second aspect, the determining, by the terminal according to oneof a time interval threshold for performing frequency hopping duringtransmission of the first signal, a basic parameter set used by theterminal to transmit the first signal, or a configuration of a slot or amini slot, whether to perform frequency hopping during transmission ofthe first signal includes:

when a first time length is greater than the time interval threshold,determining, by the terminal, to perform frequency hopping duringtransmission of the first signal, where the first time length is asignal transmission time length before a frequency hopping time node ora signal transmission time length after a frequency hopping time node ora sum of signal transmission time lengths before and after a frequencyhopping time node.

With reference to the second aspect or any possible implementation inthe foregoing of the second aspect, in another possible implementationof the second aspect, the terminal sends second information to thenetwork device, where the second information is used to indicate thetime interval threshold.

With reference to the second aspect or any possible implementation inthe foregoing of the second aspect, in another possible implementationof the second aspect, the first signal is a physical uplink sharedchannel PUSCH or a sounding reference signal SRS.

A third aspect provides a wireless communications method, including:

determining, by a network device, at least one of a time intervalthreshold for switching an uplink transmit antenna by a terminal, abasic parameter set used when the terminal uses the uplink transmitantenna to send a signal, or a configuration of a slot or a mini slot;and

sending, by the network device, first information according to the atleast one of the time interval threshold, the basic parameter set, orthe configuration of the slot or mini slot to instruct the terminal toswitch or not to switch the uplink transmit antenna.

Therefore, in this embodiment of this application, the network devicesends, according to at least one of a time interval threshold forswitching an uplink transmit antenna by a terminal, a basic parameterset used when the terminal uses the uplink transmit antenna to send asignal, or a configuration of a slot or a mini slot, first informationused to instruct the terminal to switch or not to switch the uplinktransmit antenna, so that it may be chosen, according to a currentcommunication scenario, to switch or not to switch an antenna to enablean antenna switching aspect to adapt to flexible transmission of a 5Gsystem.

With reference to the third aspect, in a possible implementation of thethird aspect, the sending, by the network device, first informationaccording to at least one of the time interval threshold, the basicparameter set, or the configuration of the slot or mini slot to instructthe terminal to switch or not to switch the uplink transmit antennaincludes:

sending the first information according to a subcarrier spacing and/or asymbol length included in the basic parameter set.

With reference to the third aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing of the third aspect, in another possible implementation of thethird aspect, the sending the first information according to asubcarrier spacing and/or a symbol length included in the basicparameter set includes:

when the subcarrier spacing is greater than or equal to a firstthreshold and/or the symbol length is less than or equal to a secondthreshold, sending the first information, where the first information isused to instruct not to switch the uplink transmit antenna.

With reference to the third aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing of the third aspect, in another possible implementation of thethird aspect, the sending the first information according to asubcarrier spacing and/or a symbol length included in the basicparameter set includes:

when the subcarrier spacing is less than a first threshold and/or thesymbol length is greater than a second threshold, sending the firstinformation, where the first information is used to instruct to switchthe uplink transmit antenna.

With reference to the third aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing of the third aspect, in another possible implementation of thethird aspect, the sending, by the network device, first informationaccording to at least one of the time interval threshold, the basicparameter set, or the configuration of the slot or mini slot to instructthe terminal to switch or not to switch the uplink transmit antennaincludes:

when the length of the slot or mini slot is greater than or equal to athird threshold, sending, by the network device, the first information,where the first information is used to instruct to switch the uplinktransmit antenna.

With reference to the third aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing of the third aspect, in another possible implementation of thethird aspect, the sending, by the network device, first informationaccording to at least one of the time interval threshold, the basicparameter set, or the configuration of the slot or mini slot to instructthe terminal to switch or not to switch the uplink transmit antennaincludes:

when the length of the slot or mini slot is less than a third threshold,sending, by the network device, the first information, where the firstinformation is used to instruct not to switch the uplink transmitantenna.

With reference to the third aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing of the third aspect, in another possible implementation of thethird aspect, the sending, by the network device, first informationaccording to at least one of the time interval threshold, the basicparameter set, or the configuration of the slot or mini slot to instructthe terminal to switch or not to switch the uplink transmit antennaincludes:

when a first time length is greater than or equal to the time intervalthreshold, sending the first information, where the first information isused to instruct to switch the uplink transmit antenna, and the firsttime length is equal to a time length before a switching time node, atime length after a switching time node or a sum of time lengths beforeand after a switching time node.

With reference to the third aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing of the third aspect, in another possible implementation of thethird aspect, the sending, by the network device, first informationaccording to at least one of the time interval threshold, the basicparameter set, or the configuration of the slot or mini slot to instructthe terminal to switch or not to switch the uplink transmit antennaincludes:

when a first time length is less than the time interval threshold,sending the first information, where the first information is used toinstruct not to switch the uplink transmit antenna, and the first timelength is equal to a time length before a switching time node, a timelength after a switching time node or a sum of time lengths before andafter a switching time node.

With reference to the third aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing of the third aspect, in another possible implementation of thethird aspect, the determining, by a network device, a time intervalthreshold for switching an uplink transmit antenna by a terminalincludes:

selecting, by the network device, the time interval threshold from atime interval threshold set.

With reference to the third aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing of the third aspect, in another possible implementation of thethird aspect, the selecting, by the network device, the time intervalthreshold from a time interval threshold set includes: selecting thetime interval threshold from the time interval threshold set accordingto the basic parameter set used when the terminal uses the uplinktransmit antenna to send a signal.

With reference to the third aspect or any possible implementation in theforegoing of the third aspect, in another possible implementation of thethird aspect, the method further includes:

receiving, by the network device, second information sent by theterminal, where the second information is used to indicate the timeinterval threshold.

A fourth aspect provides a wireless communications method, including:

receiving, by a terminal, first information sent by a network device,where the first information is used to instruct the terminal to switchan uplink transmit antenna; and

determining, by the terminal in response to the first information,whether to switch the uplink transmit antenna.

Therefore, in this embodiment of this application, after receiving firstinformation that is sent by a network device and is used to instruct theterminal to switch an antenna, a terminal may determine whether toswitch an uplink antenna during uplink signal transmission instead ofbeing required to switch an antenna, so that it may be chosen, accordingto a current communication scenario, to switch or not to switch anantenna to enable an antenna switching aspect to adapt to flexibletransmission of a 5G system.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a possible implementation of thefourth aspect, the determining, by the terminal, whether to switch theuplink transmit antenna includes:

determining, by the terminal according to at least one of a timeinterval threshold for switching the uplink transmit antenna, a basicparameter set used when the terminal uses the uplink transmit antenna tosend a signal, or a configuration of a slot or a mini slot, whether toswitch the uplink transmit antenna.

With reference to the fourth aspect or any possible implementation inthe foregoing of the fourth aspect, in another possible implementationof the fourth aspect, the determining, by the terminal according to atleast one of a time interval threshold for switching the uplink transmitantenna, a basic parameter set used when the terminal uses the uplinktransmit antenna to send a signal, or a configuration of a slot or amini slot, whether to switch the uplink transmit antenna includes:

determining, according to a subcarrier spacing and/or a symbol lengthincluded in the basic parameter set, whether to switch the uplinktransmit antenna.

With reference to the fourth aspect or any possible implementation inthe foregoing of the fourth aspect, in another possible implementationof the fourth aspect, the determining, according to a subcarrier spacingand/or a symbol length included in the basic parameter set, whether toswitch the uplink transmit antenna includes:

when the subcarrier spacing is greater than or equal to a firstthreshold and/or the symbol length is less than or equal to a secondthreshold, determining not to switch the uplink transmit antenna; or

when the subcarrier spacing is less than a first threshold and/or thesymbol length is greater than a second threshold, determining to switchthe uplink transmit antenna.

With reference to the fourth aspect or any possible implementation inthe foregoing of the fourth aspect, in another possible implementationof the fourth aspect, the determining, by the terminal according to atleast one of a time interval threshold for switching the uplink transmitantenna, a basic parameter set used when the terminal uses the uplinktransmit antenna to send a signal, or a configuration of a slot or amini slot, whether to switch the uplink transmit antenna includes:

when the length of the slot or mini slot is greater than or equal to athird threshold, sending, by the network device, the first information,and determining, by the terminal, to switch the uplink transmit antenna.

With reference to the fourth aspect or any possible implementation inthe foregoing of the fourth aspect, in another possible implementationof the fourth aspect, the determining, by the terminal according to atleast one of a time interval threshold for switching the uplink transmitantenna, a basic parameter set used when the terminal uses the uplinktransmit antenna to send a signal, or a configuration of a slot or amini slot, whether to switch the uplink transmit antenna includes:

when the length of the slot or mini slot is less than a third threshold,determining, by the terminal, not to switch the uplink transmit antenna.

With reference to the fourth aspect or any possible implementation inthe foregoing of the fourth aspect, in another possible implementationof the fourth aspect, the determining, by the terminal according to atleast one of a time interval threshold for switching the uplink transmitantenna, a basic parameter set used when the terminal uses the uplinktransmit antenna to send a signal, or a configuration of a slot or amini slot, whether to switch the uplink transmit antenna includes:

when a first time length is greater than or equal to the time intervalthreshold, determining to switch the uplink transmit antenna; or

when a first time length is less than the time interval threshold,determining not to switch the uplink transmit antenna, where the firsttime length is equal to a time length before a switching time node, atime length after a switching time node or a sum of time lengths beforeand after a switching time node.

With reference to the fourth aspect or any possible implementation inthe foregoing of the fourth aspect, in another possible implementationof the fourth aspect, the method further includes:

sending, by the terminal, second information to the network device,where the second information is used to indicate the time intervalthreshold.

A fifth aspect provides a network device, configured to perform theforegoing method in the first aspect or any possible implementation ofthe first aspect or the third aspect or any possible implementation ofthe third aspect. Specifically, the network device includes functionalmodules configured to perform the foregoing method in the first aspector any possible implementation of the first aspect or the third aspector any possible implementation of the third aspect.

A sixth aspect provides a terminal, configured to perform the foregoingmethod in the second aspect or any possible implementation of the secondaspect or the fourth aspect or any possible implementation of the fourthaspect. Specifically, the terminal includes functional modulesconfigured to perform the foregoing method in the second aspect or anypossible implementation of the second aspect or the fourth aspect or anypossible implementation of the fourth aspect.

A seventh aspect provides a network device, including a processor, amemory, and a transceiver. The processor, the memory, and thetransceiver communicate with each other through internal connectionchannels to transfer control and/or data signals, to enable the networkdevice to perform the foregoing method in the first aspect or anypossible implementation of the first aspect or the third aspect or anypossible implementation of the third aspect.

An eighth aspect provides a terminal, including a processor, a memory,and a transceiver. The processor, the memory, and the transceivercommunicate with each other through internal connection channels totransfer control and/or data signals, to enable the terminal to performthe foregoing method in the second aspect or any possible implementationof the second aspect or the fourth aspect or any possible implementationof the fourth aspect.

A ninth aspect provides a computer readable medium, configured to storea computer program, the computer program including an instruction usedto perform any method in the foregoing or the method in any possibleimplementation.

A tenth aspect provides a computer program product including aninstruction, where the instruction enables, when being executed on thecomputer, the computer to perform any method in the foregoing or themethod in any possible implementation.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of thisapplication more clearly, the following briefly describes theaccompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments.Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following descriptions showmerely some embodiments of this application, and a person of ordinaryskill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanyingdrawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communications systemaccording to an embodiment of this application.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a wireless communications methodaccording to an embodiment of this application.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a wireless communications methodaccording to an embodiment of this application.

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a wireless communications methodaccording to an embodiment of this application.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a wireless communications methodaccording to an embodiment of this application.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to anembodiment of this application.

FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal according to anembodiment of this application.

FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a system chip according to anembodiment of this application.

FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a communications device accordingto an embodiment of this application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following describes the technical solutions in the embodiments ofthis application with reference to the accompanying drawings in theembodiments of this application. Apparently, the described embodimentsare some but not all of the embodiments of this application. All otherembodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based onthe embodiments of this application without creative efforts shall fallwithin the protection scope of this application.

The technical solutions according to the embodiments of this applicationmay be applied to a variety of communications systems, such as a GlobalSystem for Mobile Communications (Global System for Mobilecommunications, “GSM” for short) system, a Code Division Multiple Access(Code Division Multiple Access, “CDMA” for short) system, a WidebandCode Division Multiple Access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access,“WCDMA” for short) system, a General Packet Radio Service (GeneralPacket Radio Service, “GPRS” for short) system, a Long Term Evolution(Long Term Evolution, “LTE” for short) system, an LTE Frequency DivisionDuplex (Frequency Division Duplex, “FDD” for short) system, an LTE TimeDivision Duplex (Time Division Duplex, “TDD” for short), a UniversalMobile Telecommunications system (Universal Mobile Telecommunicationssystem, “UMTS” for short), a Worldwide Interoperability for MicrowaveAccess (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, “WiMAX” forshort) communications system, a future 5G system or the like.

FIG. 1 shows a wireless communications system 100 according to anembodiment of this application. As shown in FIG. 1, the wirelesscommunications system 100 may include a network device 110. The networkdevice 110 may be a device communicating with a terminal device. Thenetwork device 100 may provide communication coverage for a specificgeographic area, and may communicate with a terminal device (forexample, UE) located within the area with coverage. Optionally, thenetwork device 100 may be a base transceiver station (Base TransceiverStation, BTS) in a GSM system or a CDMA system, may be a NodeB (NodeB,NB) in a WCDMA system, or may be an evolutional Node B (Evolutional NodeB, eNB or eNodeB) in an LTE system or a wireless controller in a cloudradio access network (Cloud Radio Access Network, CRAN), or the networkdevice may be a relay station, an access point, an in-vehicle device, awearable device, a network-side device in a future 5G network, a networkdevice in a future evolved public land mobile network (Public LandMobile Network, PLMN), or the like.

The wireless communications system 100 further includes at least oneterminal device 120 located within a coverage range of the networkdevice 110. The terminal device 120 may be mobile or fixed. Optionally,the terminal device 120 may be an access terminal, user equipment (UserEquipment, UE), a user unit, a user station, a mobile site, a mobilestation, a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a userterminal, a terminal, a wireless communications device, a user agent, ora user apparatus. The access terminal may be a cellular phone, acordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (Session InitiationProtocol, SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (Wireless Local Loop, WLL)station, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA),a handheld device having a wireless communication function, a computingdevice or another processing device connected to a wireless modem, anin-vehicle device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a future 5Gnetwork, a terminal device in a future evolved PLMN, or the like.

Optionally, the terminal device 120 may perform device to device (D2D)communication.

Optionally, a 5G system or network may be further referred to as a newradio (New Radio, NR) system or network.

FIG. 1 exemplarily shows one network device and two terminal devices.Optionally, the wireless communications system 100 may include aplurality of network devices and another quantity of terminal devicesmay be included in a coverage area of each network device. This is notlimited in this embodiment of this application.

Optionally, the wireless communications system 100 may further includeanother network entity such as a network controller and a mobilitymanagement entity. This is not limited in this embodiment of thisapplication.

It should be understood that terms “system” and “network” in thisspecification are usually interchangeably used in this specification.The term “and/or” in this specification is only an associationrelationship for describing the associated objects, and indicates thatthree relationships may exist, for example, A and/or B may indicate thefollowing three cases: A exists separately, both A and B exist, and Bexists separately. In addition, the character “/” in this specificationgenerally indicates an “or” relationship between the associated objects.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a wireless communications method 200according to an embodiment of this application. The method 200 may beoptionally applied to the system shown in FIG. 1, but is not limitedthereto. The method 200 includes at least some of the following content.

210. A network device determines one of a time interval threshold forperforming frequency hopping by a terminal during transmission of afirst signal, a basic parameter set used by the terminal to transmit thefirst signal, or a configuration of a slot or a mini slot.

Optionally, the first signal is a PUSCH or an SRS. Certainly, the firstsignal may be another signal. This is not specially limited in thisembodiment of this application.

Optionally, the time interval threshold for performing frequency hoppingby the terminal during transmission of the first signal may be aspecific value. When a particular condition is met, for example, asignal transmission time is greater than the value, the terminalperforms frequency hopping, or when the signal transmission time is lessthan or equal to the value, the terminal does not perform frequencyhopping.

Optionally, a basic parameter set used by the terminal to transmit thefirst signal may include at least one of a subcarrier spacing, a symbollength, or a cyclic prefix (Cyclic Prefix, CP).

Optionally, the CP in the basic parameter set mentioned in thisembodiment of this application may be a normal (Normal) CP.

Optionally, the configuration of the slot or mini slot mentioned in thisembodiment of this application is the configuration of the slot or minislot during transmission of the first signal.

Optionally, the configuration of the slot or mini slot mentioned in thisembodiment of this application may be the length of the slot or minislot. If the slot or mini slot includes a fixed quantity of symbols, theconfiguration may also be reflected by using the length of symbols.

220. The network device sends first information according to at leastone of the time interval threshold, the basic parameter set, or theconfiguration of the slot or mini slot, where the first information isused to instruct the terminal to perform or not to perform frequencyhopping during transmission of the first signal.

Optionally, that the network device sends first information according toat least one of the time interval threshold, the basic parameter set, orthe configuration of the slot or mini slot, where the first informationis used to instruct the terminal to perform or not to perform frequencyhopping during transmission of the first signal may have the followingimplementations:

1) When it is determined, according to at least one of the time intervalthreshold, the basic parameter set, or the configuration of the slot ormini slot, that the terminal needs to perform frequency hopping duringtransmission of the first signal, the first information may be sent toinstruct to perform frequency hopping; and when it is determined,according to at least one of the time interval threshold, the basicparameter set, or the configuration of the slot or mini slot, that theterminal does not need to perform frequency hopping during transmissionof the first signal, the first information may be sent to instruct notto perform frequency hopping.

2) When it is determined, according to at least one of the time intervalthreshold, the basic parameter set, or the configuration of the slot ormini slot, that the terminal needs to perform frequency hopping duringtransmission of the first signal, the first information may be sent toinstruct to perform frequency hopping; and when it is determined,according to at least one of the time interval threshold, the basicparameter set, or the configuration of the slot or mini slot, that theterminal does not need to perform frequency hopping during transmissionof the first signal, information is not sent.

3) When it is determined, according to at least one of the time intervalthreshold, the basic parameter set, or the configuration of the slot ormini slot, that the terminal needs to perform frequency hopping duringtransmission of the first signal, information is not sent; and when itis determined, according to at least one of the time interval threshold,the basic parameter set, or the configuration of the slot or mini slot,that the terminal does not need to perform frequency hopping duringtransmission of the first signal, the first information may be sent toinstruct not to perform frequency hopping.

For clearer understanding of this application, several manners ofsending the first information according to at least one of the timeinterval threshold, the basic parameter set, or the configuration of theslot or mini slot are described below.

Optionally, the network device sends the first information according toa subcarrier spacing and/or a symbol length included in the basicparameter set.

Optionally, when the subcarrier spacing is greater than or equal to afirst threshold and/or the symbol length is less than or equal to asecond threshold, the first information is sent, where the firstinformation is used to instruct not to perform frequency hopping. If thesubcarrier spacing is less than a first threshold, and/or the symbollength is greater than a second threshold, information may be not sent,or the first information may be sent, where the first information isused to instruct to perform frequency hopping.

Optionally, when the subcarrier spacing is less than a first thresholdand/or the symbol length is greater than a second threshold, the firstinformation is sent, where the first information is used to instruct toperform frequency hopping. If the subcarrier spacing is greater than orequal to a first threshold and/or the symbol length is less than orequal to a second threshold, information may be not sent, or the firstinformation may be sent, where the first information is used to instructnot to perform frequency hopping.

Optionally, when the length of the slot or mini slot is greater than orequal to a third threshold, the first information is sent, where thefirst information is used to instruct to perform frequency hopping. Ifthe length of the slot or mini slot is less than a third threshold,information may be not sent, or the first information is sent toinstruct not to perform frequency hopping.

Optionally, when the length of the slot or mini slot is less than athird threshold, the first information is sent, where the firstinformation is used to instruct not to perform frequency hopping. If thelength of the slot or mini slot is greater than or equal to a thirdthreshold, information may be not sent, or the first information is sentto instruct to perform frequency hopping.

Optionally, when a first time length is less than or equal to the timeinterval threshold, the first information is sent, where the firstinformation is used to instruct not to perform frequency hopping, andthe first time length is a signal transmission time length before afrequency hopping time node or a signal transmission time length after afrequency hopping time node or a sum of signal transmission time lengthsbefore and after a frequency hopping time node. If the first time lengthis greater than the time interval threshold, information may be notsent, or the first information is sent to instruct to perform frequencyhopping.

Optionally, the frequency hopping time node mentioned in this embodimentof this application may be a preset time node or a time node configuredby the network device for the terminal. That is, when a particularcondition is met, frequency hopping may be performed at the time node.

Optionally, the signal transmission time length before a frequencyhopping time node may be a length from the frequency hopping time nodeto a fixed time point, or a time length from the frequency hopping timenode to a starting point of a current signal transmission, or acontinuous time length of a fixed frequency used before the frequencyhopping time node.

Optionally, the signal transmission time length after a frequencyhopping time node may be a length from the frequency hopping time nodeto a fixed time point, or a time length from the frequency hopping timenode to an end point of a current signal transmission, or a continuoustime length of a fixed frequency used after the frequency hopping timenode.

Optionally, when a first time length is greater than the time intervalthreshold, the first information is sent, where the first information isused to instruct to perform frequency hopping, and the first time lengthis a signal transmission time length before a frequency hopping timenode or a signal transmission time length after a frequency hopping timenode or a sum of signal transmission time lengths before and after afrequency hopping time node. If the first time length is less than orequal to the time interval threshold, information may be not sent, orthe first information is sent to instruct not to perform frequencyhopping.

Optionally, the network device selects the time interval threshold froma time interval threshold set.

Optionally, the time interval threshold is selected from the timeinterval threshold set according to the basic parameter set used by theterminal to transmit the first signal.

Specifically, the network device may select the time interval thresholdfrom the time interval threshold according to the subcarrier spacingand/or the symbol length used when the terminal transmits the firstsignal.

Optionally, each subcarrier spacing and/or the symbol length maycorrespond to a respective time interval threshold, and the timeinterval threshold may be negatively correlated to the subcarrierspacing and positively correlated to the symbol length.

Optionally, the network device receives second information sent by theterminal, where the second information is used to indicate the timeinterval threshold.

Specifically, the terminal may indicate, to the network device, a timeinterval threshold that can be supported by the terminal, and the timeinterval threshold may be correlated to a capability of the terminal orcorrelated to the basic parameter set.

Therefore, in this embodiment of this application, the network devicesend, according to at least one of a time interval threshold forperforming frequency hopping by a terminal during transmission of afirst signal, a basic parameter set used by the terminal to transmit thefirst signal, or a configuration of a slot or a mini slot, firstinformation for instructing the terminal to perform or not to performfrequency hopping during transmission of the first signal, so that itmay be chosen, according to a current communication scenario, to performor not to perform frequency hopping, to enable a frequency hoppingtechnology to adapt to flexible transmission of a 5G system.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a wireless communications method 300according to an embodiment of this application. The method 300 includesat least some of the following content.

310. The terminal receives first information sent by a network device,where the first information is used to instruct the terminal to performfrequency hopping during transmission of a first signal.

320. The terminal determines, in response to the first information,whether to perform frequency hopping during transmission of the firstsignal.

Optionally, the terminal determines, according to one of a time intervalthreshold for performing frequency hopping during transmission of thefirst signal, a basic parameter set used by the terminal to transmit thefirst signal, or a configuration of a slot or a mini slot, whether toperform frequency hopping during transmission of the first signal.

Optionally, the terminal determines according to a subcarrier spacingand/or a symbol length included in the basic parameter set, whether toperform frequency hopping during transmission of the first signal.

In an implementation, when the subcarrier spacing is greater than orequal to a first threshold and/or the symbol length is less than orequal to a second threshold, the terminal determines not to performfrequency hopping during transmission of the first signal.

In an implementation, when the subcarrier spacing is less than a firstthreshold and/or the symbol length is greater than a second threshold,the terminal determines to perform frequency hopping during transmissionof the first signal.

Optionally, when the length of the slot or mini slot is greater than orequal to a third threshold, the terminal determines to perform frequencyhopping during transmission of the first signal.

Optionally, when the length of the slot or mini slot is less than athird threshold, the terminal determines not to perform frequencyhopping during transmission of the first signal.

Optionally, when a first time length is less than or equal to the timeinterval threshold, the terminal determines not to perform frequencyhopping during transmission of the first signal, where the first timelength is a signal transmission time length before a frequency hoppingtime node or a signal transmission time length after a frequency hoppingtime node or a sum of signal transmission time lengths before and aftera frequency hopping time node.

Optionally, when a first time length is greater than the time intervalthreshold, the terminal determines to perform frequency hopping duringtransmission of the first signal, where the first time length is asignal transmission time length before a frequency hopping time node ora signal transmission time length after a frequency hopping time node ora sum of signal transmission time lengths before and after a frequencyhopping time node.

Optionally, the terminal sends second information to the network device,where the second information is used to indicate the time intervalthreshold.

Specifically, the terminal may indicate, to the network device, a timeinterval threshold that can be used by the terminal, and the timeinterval threshold may be correlated to a capability of the terminal orcorrelated to the basic parameter set.

It should be understood that some descriptions in the method 200, forexample, the explanations of terms, the manner of determining whetherthe terminal needs to perform frequency hopping, and the like, may beapplicable to the method 300. For brevity, details are not describedherein again.

Therefore, in this embodiment of this application, after receiving firstinformation that is sent by a network device and is used to instruct theterminal to perform frequency hopping during transmission of a firstsignal, a terminal may determine whether to perform frequency hoppingduring transmission of the first signal instead of being required toperform frequency hopping, so that it may be chosen, according to acurrent communication scenario, to perform or not to perform frequencyhopping, to enable a frequency hopping technology to adapt to flexibletransmission of a 5G system.

It should be understood that in the description of the method 300, theterminal determines, after receiving information used to instruct theterminal to perform frequency hopping, whether to perform frequencyhopping. In this embodiment of this application, the terminal may alsodetermine, after receiving information used to instruct the terminal notto perform frequency hopping, whether to perform frequency hopping. Fora specific determining manner, refer to the description of the method300. For brevity, details are not described herein again.

In a communications system, the network device may send a plurality ofdownlink channels to the terminal simultaneously. The terminal may use aplurality of receive antennas to perform simultaneous reception.However, if the quantity of transmit power amplifiers of the terminal isless than the quantity of receive antennas, the terminal cannot sendsimultaneously uplink channels whose quantity is the same as that of thedownlink channels. In this case, if uplink and downlink reciprocityneeds to be implemented, a transmit antenna needs to be switched. How toswitch a transmit antenna of a terminal is described below respectivelyon a network side and a terminal side with reference to the methods 400and 500 shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5. However, it should be understoodthat the methods 400 and 500 in this embodiment of this application arenot limited to the aforementioned scenarios.

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a wireless communications method 400according to an embodiment of this application. The method 400 includesat least some of the following content.

410. A network device determines at least one of a time intervalthreshold for switching an uplink transmit antenna by a terminal, abasic parameter set used when the terminal uses the uplink transmitantenna to send a signal, or a configuration of a slot or a mini slot.

420. The network device sends first information according to the atleast one of the time interval threshold, the basic parameter set, orthe configuration of the slot or mini slot to instruct the terminal toswitch or not to switch the uplink transmit antenna.

Optionally, that a network device sends first information according toat least one of a time interval threshold for switching an uplinktransmit antenna by a terminal, a basic parameter set used when theterminal uses the uplink transmit antenna to send a signal, or aconfiguration of a slot or a mini slot, where the first information isused to instruct the terminal to switch or not to switch the uplinktransmit antenna may have the following implementations:

1) When it is determined, according to at least one of the time intervalthreshold, the basic parameter set, or the configuration of the slot ormini slot, that the terminal needs to switch the uplink transmitantenna, the first information may be sent to instruct to performswitching; and when it is determined, according to at least one of thetime interval threshold, the basic parameter set, or the configurationof the slot or mini slot, that the terminal does need to switch theuplink transmit antenna, the first information may be sent to instructnot to perform switching.

2) When it is determined, according to at least one of the time intervalthreshold, the basic parameter set, or the configuration of the slot ormini slot, that the terminal needs to switch the uplink transmitantenna, the first information may be sent to instruct to performswitching; and when it is determined, according to at least one of thetime interval threshold, the basic parameter set, or the configurationof the slot or mini slot, that the terminal does need to switch theuplink transmit antenna, information is not sent.

3) When it is determined, according to at least one of the time intervalthreshold, the basic parameter set, or the configuration of the slot ormini slot, that the terminal needs to switch the uplink transmitantenna, information is not sent; and when it is determined, accordingto at least one of the time interval threshold, the basic parameter set,or the configuration of the slot or mini slot, that the terminal doesneed to switch the uplink transmit antenna, the first information may besent to instruct not to perform switching.

For clearer understanding of this application, several manners ofsending the first information according to at least one of the timeinterval threshold, the basic parameter set, or the configuration of theslot or mini slot are described below.

Optionally, the first information is sent according to a subcarrierspacing and/or a symbol length included in the basic parameter set.

Optionally, when the subcarrier spacing is greater than or equal to afirst threshold and/or the symbol length is less than or equal to asecond threshold, the first information is sent, where the firstinformation is used to instruct not to switch the uplink transmitantenna. If the subcarrier spacing is less than a first threshold and/orthe symbol length is greater than a second threshold, information may benot sent, or the first information may be sent, where the firstinformation is used to instruct to perform switching.

Optionally, when the subcarrier spacing is less than a first thresholdand/or the symbol length is greater than a second threshold, the firstinformation is sent, where the first information is used to instruct toswitch the uplink transmit antenna. If the subcarrier spacing is greaterthan or equal to a first threshold and/or the symbol length is less thanor equal to a second threshold, information may be not sent, or thefirst information may be sent, where the first information is used toinstruct not to perform switching.

Optionally, when the length of the slot or mini slot is greater than orequal to a third threshold, the network device sends the firstinformation, where the first information is used to instruct to switchthe uplink transmit antenna. If the length of the slot or mini slot isless than a third threshold, information may be not sent, or the firstinformation is sent to instruct not to perform switching.

Optionally, when the length of the slot or mini slot is less than athird threshold, the network device sends the first information, wherethe first information is used to instruct not to switch the uplinktransmit antenna. If the length of the slot or mini slot is greater thanor equal to a third threshold, information may be not sent, or the firstinformation is sent to instruct to perform switching.

Optionally, when a first time length is greater than or equal to thetime interval threshold, the first information is sent, where the firstinformation is used to instruct to switch the uplink transmit antenna,and the first time length is equal to a time length before a switchingtime node, a time length after a switching time node or a sum of timelengths before and after a switching time node. If the first time lengthis less than the time interval threshold, information may be not sent,or the first information is sent to instruct to perform switching.

Optionally, when a first time length is less than the time intervalthreshold, the first information is sent, where the first information isused to instruct not to switch the uplink transmit antenna, and thefirst time length is equal to a time length before a switching timenode, a time length after a switching time node or a sum of time lengthsbefore and after a switching time node. If the first time length isgreater than or equal to the time interval threshold, information may benot sent, or the first information is sent to instruct to performswitching.

Optionally, a time length before a switching time node may be a lengthfrom the switching time node to a fixed time point, or a time lengthfrom the switching time node to a starting point of a current signaltransmission, or a continuous time length of a fixed transmit antennaused before the switching time node.

Optionally, a time length after a switching time node may be a lengthfrom the switching time node to a fixed time point, or a time lengthfrom the switching time node to an end point of a current signaltransmission, or a continuous time length of a fixed transmit antennaused after the switching time node.

Optionally, the network device selects the time interval threshold froma time interval threshold set.

Optionally, the time interval threshold is selected from the timeinterval threshold set according to the basic parameter set used whenthe terminal uses the uplink transmit antenna to send a signal.

Specifically, the network device may select the time interval thresholdfrom the time interval threshold according to the subcarrier spacingand/or the symbol length used when the terminal transmits an uplinksignal.

Optionally, each subcarrier spacing and/or symbol length may correspondto a respective time interval threshold, and the time interval thresholdmay be negatively correlated to the subcarrier spacing and positivelycorrelated to the symbol length.

Optionally, each subcarrier spacing and/or symbol length may correspondto a respective time interval threshold, and the time interval thresholdmay be negatively correlated to the subcarrier spacing and positivelycorrelated to the symbol length.

Optionally, the network device receives second information sent by theterminal, where the second information is used to indicate the timeinterval threshold.

Specifically, the terminal may indicate, to the network device, a timeinterval threshold that can be supported by the terminal, and the timeinterval threshold may be correlated to a capability of the terminal orcorrelated to the basic parameter set.

Therefore, in this embodiment of this application, the network devicesends first information used to instruct the terminal to switch or notto switch the uplink transmit antenna according to at least one of atime interval threshold for switching an uplink transmit antenna by aterminal, a basic parameter set used when the terminal uses the uplinktransmit antenna to send a signal, or a configuration of a slot or amini slot, it may be chosen, according to a current communicationscenario, to switch or not to switch an antenna to enable an antennaswitching aspect to adapt to flexible transmission of a 5G system.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a wireless communications method 500according to an embodiment of this application. The method 500 includesat least some of the following content.

510. A terminal receives first information sent by a network device,where the first information is used to instruct the terminal to switchan uplink transmit antenna.

520. The terminal determines, in response to the first information,whether to switch the uplink transmit antenna.

Optionally, the terminal determines, according to at least one of a timeinterval threshold for switching the uplink transmit antenna, a basicparameter set used when the terminal uses the uplink transmit antenna tosend a signal, or a configuration of a slot or a mini slot, whether toswitch the uplink transmit antenna.

Optionally, it is determined, according to a subcarrier spacing and/or asymbol length included in the basic parameter set, whether to switch theuplink transmit antenna.

In an implementation, when the subcarrier spacing is greater than orequal to a first threshold and/or the symbol length is less than orequal to a second threshold, it is determined not to switch the uplinktransmit antenna.

In an implementation, when the subcarrier spacing is less than a firstthreshold and/or the symbol length is greater than a second threshold,it is determined to switch the uplink transmit antenna.

Optionally, when the length of the slot or mini slot is greater than orequal to a third threshold, the network device sends the firstinformation, and the terminal determines to switch the uplink transmitantenna.

Optionally, when the length of the slot or mini slot is less than athird threshold, the network device sends the first information, and theterminal determines not to switch the uplink transmit antenna.

Optionally, when a first time length is greater than or equal to thetime interval threshold, it is determined to switch the uplink transmitantenna; or when a first time length is less than the time intervalthreshold, it is determined not to switch the uplink transmit antenna,where the first time length is equal to a time length before a switchingtime node, a time length after a switching time node or a sum of timelengths before and after a switching time node.

Optionally, the terminal sends second information to the network device,where the second information is used to indicate the time intervalthreshold.

It should be understood that some descriptions in the method 400, forexample, the explanations of terms, the manner of determining whetherthe terminal needs to switch an antenna, and the like, may be applicableto the method 500. For brevity, details are not described herein again.

Therefore, in this embodiment of this application, after receiving firstinformation that is sent by a network device and is used to instruct theterminal to switch an antenna, a terminal may determine whether toswitch an uplink antenna during uplink signal transmission instead ofbeing required to switch an antenna, so that it may be chosen, accordingto a current communication scenario, to switch or not to switch anantenna to enable an antenna switching aspect to adapt to flexibletransmission of a 5G system.

It should be understood that in the description of the method 500, theterminal determines, after receiving information used to instruct theterminal to switch the uplink transmit antenna, whether to switch anantenna. In this embodiment of this application, the terminal may alsodetermine, after receiving information used to instruct the terminal notto switch the uplink transmit antenna, whether to switch an antenna. Fora specific determining manner, refer to the description of the method500. For brevity, details are not described herein again.

It should further be understood that the method 400 or 500 in thisembodiment of this application may be varied for use in a scenario ofswitching a downlink antenna. That is, the uplink signal in the methods400 and 500 may be replaced with a downlink signal, and the uplinkantenna is replaced with a downlink antenna.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a network device 600 according toan embodiment of this application. As shown in FIG. 6, the networkdevice 600 includes a processing unit 610 and a communications unit 620.

Optionally, the processing unit 610 is configured to determine one of atime interval threshold for performing frequency hopping by a terminalduring transmission of a first signal, a basic parameter set used by theterminal to transmit the first signal, or a configuration of a slot or amini slot; and the communications unit 620 is configured to send firstinformation according to at least one of the time interval threshold,the basic parameter set, or the configuration of the slot or mini slot,where the first information is used to instruct the terminal to performor not to perform frequency hopping during transmission of the firstsignal.

It should be understood that the network device 600 may correspond tothe network device in the method 200, and may implement thecorresponding operations implemented by the network device in the method200. For brevity, details are not described herein again.

Optionally, the processing unit 610 is configured to determine at leastone of a time interval threshold for switching an uplink transmitantenna by a terminal, a basic parameter set used when the terminal usesthe uplink transmit antenna to send a signal, or a configuration of aslot or a mini slot; and the communications unit 620 is configured tosend first information according to at least one of the time intervalthreshold, the basic parameter set, or the configuration of the slot ormini slot to instruct the terminal to switch or not to switch the uplinktransmit antenna.

It should be understood that the network device 600 may correspond tothe network device in the method 400, and may implement thecorresponding operations implemented by the network device in the method400. For brevity, details are not described herein again.

FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal 700 according to anembodiment of this application. As shown in FIG. 7, the terminal 700includes a communications unit 710 and a processing unit 720.

Optionally, the communications unit 710 is configured to receive firstinformation sent by a network device, where the first information isused to instruct the terminal to perform frequency hopping duringtransmission of a first signal; and the processing unit 720 isconfigured to determine, in response to the first information, whetherto perform frequency hopping during transmission of the first signal.

It should be understood that the terminal 700 may correspond to theterminal in the method 300, and may implement the correspondingoperations implemented by the terminal in the method 300. For brevity,details are not described herein again.

Optionally, the communications unit 710 is configured to receive firstinformation sent by a network device, where the first information isused to instruct the terminal to switch an uplink transmit antenna; andthe processing unit 720 is configured to determine, in response to thefirst information, whether to switch the uplink transmit antenna.

It should be understood that the terminal 700 may correspond to theterminal in the method 500, and may implement the correspondingoperations implemented by the terminal in the method 500. For brevity,details are not described herein again.

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a system chip 800 accordingto an embodiment of this application. The system chip 800 in FIG. 8includes an input interface 801, an output interface 802, a processor803, and a memory 804 that may be connected through an internalcommunication connection line, where the processor 803 is configured toexecute code in the memory 804.

Optionally, when the code is executed, the processor 803 implements themethod performed by the network device in the method embodiments. Forbrevity, details are not described herein again.

Optionally, when the code is executed, the processor 803 implements themethod performed by the terminal in the method embodiments. For brevity,details are not described herein again.

FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a communications device 900according to an embodiment of this application. As shown in FIG. 9, thecommunications device 900 includes a processor 910 and a memory 920. Thememory 920 may store program code, and the processor 910 may execute theprogram code stored in the memory 920.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 9, the communications device 900 mayinclude a transceiver 930, and the processor 910 may control thetransceiver 930 to communicate externally.

Optionally, the processor 910 may invoke the program code stored in thememory 920 to perform the corresponding operations of the network devicein the method embodiments. For brevity, details are not described hereinagain.

Optionally, the processor 910 may invoke the program code stored in thememory 920 to perform the corresponding operations of the terminal inthe method embodiments. For brevity, details are not described hereinagain.

It should be understood that the processor in the embodiments of thisapplication may be an integrated circuit chip and has a signalprocessing capability. During implementation, the steps in the foregoingmethod embodiments may be implemented by using an integrated logiccircuit of hardware in the processor or an instruction in the form ofsoftware. The processor may be a general-purpose processor a digitalsignal processor (Digital Signal Processor DSP), an application-specificintegrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), afield programmable gate array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) oranother programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logicdevice, and a discrete hardware component. The methods, steps, and logicblock diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of this application may beimplemented or performed. The general-purpose processor may be amicroprocessor or the processor may be alternatively any conventionalprocessor or the like. The steps in the methods disclosed with referenceto the embodiments of this application may be directly performed orcompleted by a decoding processor embodied as hardware or performed orcompleted by using a combination of hardware and software modules in adecoding processor. The software module may be located at arandom-access memory, a flash memory, a read-only memory, a programmableread-only memory or an electrically erasable programmable memory, aregister or another mature storage medium in this field. The storagemedium is located at a memory, and the processor reads information inthe memory and completes the steps in the foregoing methods incombination with the hardware thereof.

It may be understood that the memory in the embodiments of thisapplication may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or mayinclude both a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory. Thenon-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), aprogrammable read-only memory (Programmable ROM, PROM), an erasableprogrammable read-only memory (Erasable PROM, EPROM), an electricallyerasable programmable read-only memory (Electrically EPROM, EEPROM) or aflash memory. The volatile memory may be a random-access memory(Random-access memory, RAM) and is used as an external cache. Forexemplary rather than limitative description, many forms of RAMs can beused, and are, for example, a static random-access memory (Static RAM,SRAM), a dynamic random-access memory (Dynamic RAM, DRAM), a synchronousdynamic random-access memory (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), a double datarate synchronous dynamic random-access memory (Double Data Rate SDRAM,DDR SDRAM), an enhanced synchronous dynamic random-access memory(Enhanced SDRAM, ESDRAM), a synchronous link dynamic random-accessmemory (Synchlink DRAM, SLDRAM), and a direct Rambus random-accessmemory (Direct Rambus RAM, DR RAM). It should be noted that the memoriesin the systems and methods described herein are intended to include, butare not limited to, these memories and memories of any other suitabletype.

A person of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that, in combinationwith the examples described in the embodiments disclosed in thisspecification, units and algorithm steps may be implemented byelectronic hardware, or a combination of computer software andelectronic hardware. Whether the functions are performed by hardware orsoftware depends on particular applications and design constraintconditions of the technical solutions. A person skilled in the art mayuse different methods to implement the described functions for eachparticular application, but it should not be considered that theimplementation goes beyond the scope of this application.

It may be clearly understood by a person skilled in the art that, forthe purpose of convenient and brief description, for a detailed workingprocess of the foregoing system, apparatus, and unit, refer to acorresponding process in the foregoing method embodiments, and detailsare not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, itshould be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus, and methodmay be implemented in other manners. For example, the describedapparatus embodiment is merely exemplary. For example, the unit divisionis merely logical function division and may be other division in actualimplementation. For example, a plurality of units or components may becombined or integrated into another system, or some features may beignored or not performed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutualcouplings or direct couplings or communication connections may beimplemented through some interfaces. The indirect couplings orcommunication connections between the apparatuses or units may beimplemented in electrical, mechanical or other forms.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physicallyseparate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units,may be located in one position, or may be distributed on a plurality ofnetwork units. Some or all of the units may be selected according toactual needs to achieve the objectives of the solutions of theembodiments.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of this application maybe integrated into one processing unit, or each of the units may existalone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

When the functions are implemented in a form of a software functionalmodule and sold or used as an independent product, the functions may bestored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such anunderstanding, the technical solutions of this application essentially,or the part contributing to the prior art, or part of the technicalsolutions may be implemented in the form of a software product. Thecomputer software product is stored in a storage medium, and includesseveral instructions for instructing a computer device (which may be apersonal computer, a server, a network device, and the like) to performall or some of the steps of the method described in the embodiments ofthis application. The foregoing storage medium includes: any medium thatcan store program codes, such as a USB flash disk, a removable harddisk, a read-only memory (ROM, Read-Only Memory), a random-access memory(RAM, Random-access memory), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementations of thisapplication, but are not intended to limit the protection scope of thisapplication. Any variation or replacement readily figured out by aperson skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in thisapplication shall fall within the protection scope of this application.Therefore, the protection scope of this application shall be subject tothe protection scope of the claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A wireless communication method, comprising:determining, by a network device, a time interval threshold forswitching an uplink transmit antenna by a terminal, a basic parameterset used when the terminal uses the uplink transmit antenna to send asignal, and a configuration of a slot or a mini slot; and sending, bythe terminal device, first information according to the time intervalthreshold, the basic parameter set, and the configuration of the slot ormini slot to instruct the terminal to switch or not to switch the uplinktransmit antenna.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein thesending, by the network device, first information according to the timeinterval threshold, the basic parameter set, and the configuration ofthe slot or mini slot to instruct the terminal to switch or not toswitch the uplink transmit antenna comprises: sending the firstinformation according to a subcarrier spacing and/or a symbol lengthcomprised in the basic parameter set.
 3. The method according to claim1, wherein the sending, by the network device, first informationaccording to the time interval threshold, the basic parameter set, andthe configuration of the slot or mini slot to instruct the terminal toswitch or not to switch the uplink transmit antenna comprises: when thelength of the slot or mini slot is greater than or equal to a thirdthreshold, sending, by the network device, the first information, thefirst information is used to instruct to switch the uplink transmitantenna.
 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sending, by thenetwork device, first information according to the time intervalthreshold, the basic parameter set, and the configuration of the slot ormini slot to instruct the terminal to switch or not to switch the uplinktransmit antenna comprises: when the length of the slot or mini slot isless than a third threshold, sending, by the network device, the firstinformation, wherein the first information is used to instruct not toswitch the uplink transmit antenna.
 5. The method according to claim 1,wherein the determining, by the network device, the time intervalthreshold for switching the uplink transmit antenna by the terminalcomprises: selecting, by the network device, the time interval thresholdfrom a time interval threshold set.
 6. The method according to claim 5,wherein the selecting, by the network device, the time intervalthreshold from the time interval threshold set comprises: selecting thetime interval threshold from the time interval threshold set accordingto the basic parameter set used when the terminal uses the uplinktransmit antenna to send a signal.
 7. A wireless communications method,comprising: receiving, by a terminal, first information sent by anetwork device, wherein the first information is used to instruct theterminal to switch an uplink transmit antenna, and the first informationis determined based on a time interval threshold for switching an uplinktransmit antenna by a terminal, a basic parameter set used when theterminal uses the uplink transmit antenna to send a signal, and aconfiguration of a slot or a mini slot; and determining, by the terminalin response to the first information, whether to switch the uplinktransmit antenna.
 8. The method according to claim 7, further comprises:determining, according to a subcarrier spacing and/or a symbol lengthcomprised in the basic parameter set, whether to switch the uplinktransmit antenna.
 9. The method according to claim 7, further comprises:when a first time length is greater than or equal to the time intervalthreshold, determining to switch the uplink transmit antenna; or when afirst time length is less than the time interval threshold, determiningnot to switch the uplink transmit antenna, wherein the first time lengthis equal to a time length before a switching time node, a time lengthafter a switching time node or a sum of time lengths before and after aswitching time node.
 10. A network device, comprising a processing unitand a communication unit, wherein: the processing unit is configured todetermine a time interval threshold for performing frequency hopping bya terminal during transmission of a first signal, a basic parameter setused by the terminal to transmit first signal, and a configuration of aslot or a mini slot; and the communication unit is configured to sendfirst information according to the time interval threshold, the basicparameter set, and the configuration of the slot or mini slot, whereinthe first information is used to instruct the terminal to perform or notto perform frequency hopping during transmission of the first signal.11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the communications unit isfurther configured to: send the first information according to asubcarrier spacing and/or a symbol length comprised in the basicparameter set.
 12. The device according to claim 10, wherein thecommunications unit is further configured to: when the length of theslot or mini slot is greater than or equal to a third threshold, sendthe first information, wherein the first information is used to instructto perform frequency hopping.
 13. The device according to claim 10,wherein the communications unit is further configured to: when thelength of the slot or mini slot is less than a third threshold, send thefirst information, wherein the first information is used to instruct notto perform frequency hopping.
 14. The device according to claim 10,wherein the processing unit is further configured to: select the timeinterval threshold from a time interval threshold set.
 15. The deviceaccording to claim 14, wherein the processing unit is further configuredto: select the time interval threshold from the time interval thresholdset according to the basic parameter set used by the terminal totransmit the first signal.
 16. A network device, comprising a processingunit and a communication unit, wherein: the processing unit isconfigured to determine a time interval threshold for switching anuplink transmit antenna by a terminal, a basic parameter set used whenthe terminal uses the uplink transmit antenna to send a signal, and aconfiguration of a slot or a mini slot; and the communication unit isconfigured to send first information according to the time intervalthreshold, the basic parameter set, and the configuration of the slot ormini slot to instruct the terminal to switch or not to switch the uplinktransmit antenna.
 17. The device according to claim 16, wherein thecommunications unit is further configured to: send the first informationaccording to a subcarrier spacing and/or a symbol length comprised inthe basic parameter set.
 18. The device according to claim 16, whereinthe communications unit is further configured to: when the length of theslot or mini slot is greater than or equal to a third threshold, sendthe first information, wherein the first information is used to instructto switch the uplink transmit antenna.
 19. The device according to claim16, wherein the communications unit is further configured to: when thelength of the slot or mini slot is less than a third threshold, send thefirst information, wherein the first information is used to instruct notto switch the uplink transmit antenna.